July 25, 2024

The Mt Rainier High School 60th Reunion

August 2-4, 2024 at the DoubleTree Suites by Hilton in Southcenter. 

In the Summit Room, with private patio. Three straight days of laughing, singing, feasting and drinking. 

Friday:

6:00 PM Doors open. Sign in, get your name tag, update your contact info, review the handouts and gifts at your table, and start browsing for friends. This is the more informal evening, with smaller tables, and more standing up and moving around. You’ll enjoy unlimited hosted beer, house wine and non-alcoholic beverages.

6-8 PM. Assorted tasty appetizers. Deserts and non-perishables will be left out until 10.

7:30-8 The world-renowned Jerry Childs and his Roving Mic. There’s no telling what he’ll say. But you know he’ll make us all laugh. Bring your TOR and let the fun begin.

8-8:30 We’ll acknowledge those who traveled furthest, the reunion committee, and those who donated to this reunion. Then, try to identify our Mystery Guest. Check out the cool gifts at your table. Browse the display tables for memorabilia. Take your picture in front of the Mt Rainier poster.

8:30-9 Our Mystery Guest leads a rousing version of our Alma Mater and Class Song.

9-10 The merriment continues. Music, laughter, food and drink. You can dance if you want. But we don’t recommend the Limbo.

10:00 We’re all off to private rooms, the bar, or home to sleep. Off-hours, meet up with your friends in the Pinnacle Board Room, next to the Summit Room.

Saturday:

6:00 PM Doors open. Sign in, name tags, and update your info. Take your picture in front of the Mt Rainier poster. Check out the beautiful decorations and gifts at your table. Browse the display tables for memorabilia. This is the more formal evening, with a full buffet dinner, bigger tables, and, again, unlimited beer, house wine or non-alcoholic beverages. There’s a bit more sitting down, and a lot more food. 

6:30-8 PM. Food is served. “The DoubleTree Signature” Dinner Buffet features a choice of tri tip, breast of chicken, or Pacific salmon—with soup, baby greens, pasta salad, caesar salad, Yukon Gold potatoes, harvest vegetables, dinner rolls, and the fabulous DoubleTree chocolate chip and walnut cookie bread pudding with bourbon sauce.

8-8:30 Our Mystery Guest leads us singing our Alma Mater and Class Song.

8:30-9 Craig Martinson greets our guests and honors our fallen friends.

9-10 More music, laughter, food and drink. And this time, games!

10:00 You’re off to private rooms, the bar, home to sleep, or detox.

Sunday: 7-11 AM Brunch in The Private Dining Room behind the Northwest Landing restaurant. It’s free if you bought the $80 ticket or stayed in the hotel. Otherwise, it’s $15  

We now have 68 classmates & guests registered for our Class of 1964 60th Reunion- ( Our last officially organized reunion)-to be held at the DoubleTree Inn at Southcenter, August 2nd through 4th, 2024. They're listed Below.  Don't miss out on a fun weekend of reuniting with friends and acquaintances from "the good ole days".  We REALLY DID grow up in the Best Of Times!!

To register, click 60th Reunion in the left column and follow the prompts. For $80 you get Friday and Saturday afternoon/evening functions with food and drinks (or $55 for one day) as well as Sunday brunch. Fees are fully refundable if you can't come. To reserve a room at the DoubleTree with the rest of us, call 206-575-8220. This will be our Last organized reunion!! 

If you have questions on registering, call Jim Cissell 206-661-7880 or email Polly Kaiser (Heinselman) at Brandy1946@aol.com or call her at 623-332-5457.

Coming or not, check your Classmate Profile to make sure everything is up to date. If you can't make it, email what you've been up to jim@voiceguy.com and we'll read it out-loud. If you'd like a specific person who's coming to read it, let them and me know that as well. If you know the whereabouts of any of our Missing Classmates, please tell Polly or me.

Classmates attending our 60th Reunion:

Alquist, Toni (Meneses) and Alejandro

Bell, Monnie (Rogers) and George

Boynton, Dick

Breeden, George and Barbara

Butler, Richard

Caroll, Sherilyn (Myhre)

Cecil, Roger and Julie

Childs Jerry and Shannon

Cissell, Jim and Linda Johnson

Claus, Rodney

Cohn, Victoria "Tori" (Peters)

Cooper, Garth and Norma

Cox, Linda (Diaz)

Despain, Sherrie (Hatch) and Arnie

Dezutter, Tom and Elaine

Dibley, Renee (McAdoo)

Dreyer, Marcy (Sanford)

Eaton, Perry and Ardene

Goldsmith, Dan

Harris, Leslie (Walters)

Hennen, Tom

Hoeh, Mary (Fuller) and Larry

Iverson, Lurene (Richards)

Jackson, William Edward and Guest

Jarvi, Karen (McDaniel) and Ira

Kaiser, Polly (Heinselman)

Kinney, Suzanne (Weaver)

LeBlanc Smith, Steve and Heather

Martinson, Craig and Shannon

McMullen, Neena (Stoner) and Jon Schaffer

Meek, Rick and Gwen

Miller, Donna (McLain) and Paul

Mitchell, Mike

Morgan, Donna

Myrhe, Karl

Pepple, Donna (Ashley)

Ridge, Diane (Boyd) and Jim

Salvatore, Jayne (Schlosser)

Sanford, Doug

Schubert, Connie (Osman)

Skau Phyllis (Savini)

Smith, Patricia (Wilson) and Bob

Thurott, Frankie (Elder)

Wales, Scott and Kalen

Wilson, Lawrence

Woods, Thomas and Kendra

Other Classmate News:

November 21, 2023: Paula Hankins Ralph passed from complications of Parkinsons. See In Memoriam.

2023: Paul Kaiser passed May 31, 2023 after chemo and radiation treatment for lip/throat cancer. He is survived by his wife, Cindy and his three sons and daughter. His twin sister, Polly, also lost their Mom (102 yrs young) and her husband, Roy all in less than the first six months of 2023.

July 22, 2023: 21 classmates (mostly the reunion committee) attended a mini-reunion at Leslie Harris's clubhouse. We looked into a boat cruise but they are WAY too expensive. Some classmates talked about a picnic at a local park. Any other activities you would like to include? We also discussed using some of our surplus to raffle off some cool door prizes. Thoughts?

June 2023: Sue Kinney Weaver reported that Mical Erickson Holcomb passed recently from ketoacidosis. She is survived by her husband, Leroy, 4 children, and 6 grandchildren.

2022: Vicki Langbehn passed on December 14th from a massive brain bleed after several strokes. Nickey Derry passed on November 22nd. Sue Bonn's husband, Sam, passed November 14th. Teacher and Coach Gerald Ramey passed in May, Jim Arkills in April, and Larry Martini on February 22nd. See his memorial service at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_uWmZfHWdA If you know of any others, or have any Classmate news, email Jim Cissell Jim@voiceguy.com.

Our 55^th Reunion was held August 2-4, 2019 at the DoubleTree Inn, Southcenter. 107 of your classmates/spouses/friends attended. The snowballs were a big hit! Thanks, Leslie.

Thanks to all who came and made it a big success! Here's the List of those Classmates alphabetically by Last/Maiden name:

Friday 91 and Saturday 87: Alquist, Toni--Blais, Larry--Breeden, George--Carroll, Sherilyn--Cissell, Jim--Cooper, Garth--Cox, Linda--Davis, Alan--Despain, Sherrie--DeZutter, Tom--Dreyer, Marcy--Eaton, Perry--Funk, Steve--Harris, Leslie--Henning, Don--Hoffman, Steve--Hooten, Dawn--Iverson, Lurene--Jackson, William "Ed"--Jacobus, Dean--Kaiser, Paul--Kaiser, Polly--Kinney, Sue--Langbehn, Vicki--Linder, Liana--Martinson, Craig--Miller, Donna--Mitchell, Mike--Morgan, Donna--Mousley, Anita--Myrhe, Karl--Noson, Dennis--Reuland, John--Richardson, Joe--Ridge, Diane--Saari, Alice--Salvatore, Jayne--Sanford, Doug--Schubert, Connie--Sloan, Jim--Sloper, Randy--Smith, Patricia--Sousa, Frank--Thompson, Laurie--Thurrott, Frankie--Tonseth, Dean--Wales, Scott--Whiteman, Gary--Wyandt, Yon.

Friday only-19: Alire, Patricia--Boynton, Dick--Claus, Rodney--Cohn, Victoria--Collins, Mike--Eichler, Carolyn--Hennen, Thomas--Hunziker, Keith--LeBlanc, Steve--Martini, Larry--Meek, Rick--Schlecht, Rich--Williams, Janet--Williams, Ken.

Saturday only-9: Albrecht, Hugh teacher--Cox, Georgianne--Hoeh, Mary--Ryerse, Rick--Williams, Mike.

Click on 55th Reunion Photos in the left column to see more fun pictures.

Karl Myhre and Tom DeZutter host the TV jingle contest.

Thanks to Diana Wadell and the DoubleTree Suites by Hilton in Southcenter for the awesome venue, fabulous service, and wonderful food! Thanks to Perry Eaton for picking up the hard liquor tab on Saturday!

John Reuland and Perry Eaton.

Thanks to Liana Linder, Polly Kaiser, and Mary Hoeh for all the great photos--and to Polly who went through and identified every single person!

And thanks to all your Committee members  who provided almost all the food Friday and made the whole thing possible--Polly Kaiser Heinselman, Craig and Shannon Martinson, Diane Ridge-Boyd, Donna Morgan, Karl & Sherilyn (Carroll) Myhre, Doug and Marcy (Dreyer) Sanford, Jayne Salvatore Schlosser, Linda Cox Diaz, Patricia (Smith) and Bob Wilson, Leslie Harris Walters, Vicki Langbehn Mattson, Phyllis Skau Savini, Scott and Kalen Wales, and Larry Blais! Thanks to their efforts and the great rates negotiated by former DoubleTree manager and classmate Tom DeZutter, we ended up with almost $9000 in the bank!

Warning! Do not give this man a microphone.

Doug and Marcy Dreyer Sanford

Our 50th Reunion--August, 2014--189 classmates and guests attended!

Nobody wanted it to end. The food was amazing, the libations kept flowing, we laughed until we cried--and cried until we laughed. The years pealed away as we saw inside each other the little kid whom we had grown up with so many years ago. It was magic! Lee Gagnon Whipple's daughter attended and texted her friend that "for folks their age, they are really loud!" Even the spouses had a blast! They discovered that we have a very special class! See pics on the 50th Reunion Photos page. Post your own photos at the bottom of that page.

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